All 4 Uses of
reconnoiter
in
War and Peace
- Weyrother had been twice that evening to the enemy's picket line to reconnoiter personally, and twice to the Emperors, Russian and Austrian, to report and explain, and to his headquarters where he had dictated the dispositions in German, and now, much exhausted, he arrived at Kutuzov's.†
Chpt 3
- He was pleasantly considering the probability of being promoted in a few days for his last reconnoitering expedition, and was awaiting Denisov, who had gone out somewhere and with whom he wanted a talk.†
Chpt 5
- On the previous day Platov reconnoitered with two Cossack regiments and two squadrons of hussars.†
Chpt 5 *
- Having put on French greatcoats and shakos, Petya and Dolokhov rode to the clearing from which Denisov had reconnoitered the French camp, and emerging from the forest in pitch darkness they descended into the hollow.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(reconnoiter) to explore -- especially for military purposes